> >Most programming languages (like current C implementations) use the >IEEE format for numbers, which includes +/- infinity and NaN (not a >number. sqrt(-1) is NaN for example), though real language support to >deal with these circumstances is often poor. > >Curious fact: there are also 2 zeros! +0 and -0.
I seem to recall zero being infinitessimal rather than an absolute nothing, a virtual reciprocal of infinity. and so small it matters not whether + or - > > Unsurprising, I suppose, that I see no font containing the symbol. > >Actually I don't think Windows ships with any font that does NOT >include it. Arial, Times New Roman, Verdana, Microsoft Sans Serif, >Courier New all have it (Unicode point U+221E). Ah, found them, never fished in the TTF's before, had onle explored the 256 char' fonts. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.8.1/355 - Release Date: 02/06/2006 _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
